Its actually a very popular series in Japan. They also don't cost much to make so at the very least that game will be a worthwhile investment. Tecmo is a smart developer to work with as they have very fast and cheap development cycles.

I never said it would. This article was stupid to suggest only these titles would do it. These titles in conjunction with others coming and already out will do that. If the system can sell 2.8 with like one key title, it can sell 3.6 with like 5+.

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I'll happily challenge that. It's one of the most popular series in Japan combined with one of the most popular ones worldwide... it'll shift a few.

Smash Bros is incredibly popular and Zelda is an extremely strong IP, plus the whole dynasty warriors thing does very well in Japan. Make no mistake, both of these games will do amazingly in the short term and long term.

That depends how you look at it as each console only has a hand full of games that sell millions each year and they tend to be yoy games like FIFA, cod, bf and ac. Nintendo's IPs are a wider range of gores and don't tend to be yoy too.

For me this moment in time the Wiiu has the best line up if all 3 next gen consoles and I own more games on my Wiiu than my Xbox one too,

Last year they sold 2.8 million and this year they have a much more complete release schedule, and are already outpacing their last year exponentially. They will have literally no problem hitting 3.6, maybe even 4 million.

Bayonetta 2 is also coming out soon, and it's gotten quite a bit of press and marketing push, so that on top of Hyrule Warriors and two versions of Smash. I'm pretty sure that Nintendo is going to reach that goal.

For me it's obvious. Last year they did 2.7M I think, and the console did horrible during the first semester of 2013, today is different and I have the feeling that it will have a good winter, just enough to make those 3.6 million units.

If this writer did basic research, and looked at the games lineup outside of two games. He would see Nintendo will hit their sales target considering Mario Kart 8, DKC, Super Smash Bros, Bayonetta 2, Sonic Boom, Captain Toad, and Hyrule Warriors are all out in 2014

Pretty simple. 3.6 is goal. 0.5 is current number. Avg sales per week have been around 60K in July. To be conservative lets say Wii U sells 50K world wide every week from July till end of November (20 weeks). That's another 1 mill sold. Last year Wii U sold roughly 1.2 mill from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Again being conservative we will stick with that number. We are at 2.7 mill with 13 weeks to go. Another 50 K per week gets us to about 3.4 mill.

Can Nintendo's marketing find another 0.2 in sales? Personally I think they will hit it before 2014 is over. Selling 2 Million over the holiday period is a reasonable amount to expect.